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Effects of supplements differing in fatty acid profile to late gestational beef cows on cow performance, calf growth performance, and mRNA expression of genes associated with myogenesis and adipogenesis
- Source :
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021), Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Maternal nutrition during gestation affects fetal development, which has long-term programming effects on offspring postnatal growth performance. With a critical role in protein and lipid metabolism, essential fatty acids can influence the development of muscle and adipose tissue. The experiment investigated the effects of late gestation supplements (77 d prepartum), either rich in saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids (CON; 155 g/cow/d EnerGII) or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA; 80 g/cow/d Strata and 80 g/cow/d Prequel), on cow performance and subsequent calf growth performance as well as mRNA expression in longissimus muscle (LM) and subcutaneous adipose tissue at birth and weaning. Results There was no difference (P ≥ 0.34) in cow body weight (BW) or body condition score from pre-supplementation through weaning. Relative concentrations of C18:3n-3 and C20:4n-6 decreased (P ≤ 0.05) to a greater extent from mid-supplementation to calving for PUFA compared with CON cows. Cow plasma C20:0, C20:5n-3, and C22:6n-3 were increased (P ≤ 0.01) in PUFA during supplementation period. At birth, PUFA steers had greater (P = 0.01) plasma C20:5n-3. No differences (P ≥ 0.33) were detected in steer birth BW or dam milk production, however, CON steers tended (P = 0.06) to have greater pre-weaning average daily gain and had greater (P = 0.05) weaning BW compared with PUFA. For mRNA expression in steers: MYH7 and C/EBPβ in LM increased (P ≤ 0.04) to a greater extent from birth to weaning for PUFA compared with CON; MYF5 in LM and C/EBPβ in adipose tissue tended (P ≤ 0.08) to decrease more from birth to weaning for CON compared with PUFA; SCD in PUFA adipose tissue tended (P = 0.08) to decrease to a greater extent from birth to weaning than CON. In addition, maternal PUFA supplementation tended (P = 0.08) to decrease MYOG mRNA expression in LM and decreased (P = 0.02) ZFP423 in adipose tissue during the pre-weaning stage. Conclusions Late gestation PUFA supplementation decreased pre-weaning growth performance of the subsequent steer progeny compared with CON supplementation, which could have been a result of downregulated mRNA expression of myogenic genes during pre-weaning period.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Offspring
Veterinary medicine
Late gestation
Ice calving
Adipose tissue
Biology
Biochemistry
SF1-1100
03 medical and health sciences
Internal medicine
Fetal programming
SF600-1100
medicine
Weaning
Fatty acids
chemistry.chemical_classification
Fetus
Research
0402 animal and dairy science
Fatty acid
food and beverages
Beef cattle
mRNA expression
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
040201 dairy & animal science
Animal culture
030104 developmental biology
Endocrinology
chemistry
Gestation
Animal Science and Zoology
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Food Science
Biotechnology
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20491891
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3396266a9201ed2a95daf64f0d06577e